by admin | Jan 31, 2007 | News
Legislation before a Senate committee would make things tougher than they already are for school bus drivers arrested for driving while intoxicated on the job. Senator Norma Champion (R-Springfield) says this is a bill that toughens the current laws regarding bus...
by admin | Jan 17, 2007 | News
A recovering drug and alcohol addict pleads with the legislature for more state money to be spent at centers who give people like her a second chance. Aaronette Noble of O’Fallon smoked her first marijuana at age 7; took her first drink at 14, started using meth...
by admin | Jan 9, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A Springfield woman driving drunk when she caused a fatal traffic crash last July has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Audrey Jeanette Driscoll’s blood alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit when...
by admin | Aug 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
Law enforcement officers from around the state gathered in Jefferson City to kick off this year’s campaign of “You Drink and Drive … You Lose.” The campaign runs now through Labor day Weekend and uses sobriety checkpoints and increased police...
by admin | Aug 10, 2006 | Politics / Govt
A new study of Internet sales of alcohol finds more and more young people are buying alcohol online and by-passing the age checks that are conducted in bars or liquor stores. Mike Schlar with the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control says the U.S. Supreme...
